“The role of OIE’s Animal

Welfare regulations in
bilateral
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agreements”
The experience of the UE – Chile agreement
and the challenges of its implementation.

Miguel Peña; MV. MSc.

Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)

4.A CONFERENCIA MUNDIAL DE LA OIE SOBRE BIENESTAR ANIMAL

6-8 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2016 . GUADALAJARA, MÉXICO
 Can a developing country adopt strict
international standards and benefit from
the process?

“…..Animal welfare is a complex and multifaceted matter

involving scientific, ethical, economic, cultural, social,
religious and political aspects”.
http://www.oie.int/es/bienestar-animal/el-bienestar-animal-de-un-vistazo/
Necessary elements for its implementation:

1. OIE’s regulations

• Tool box….
– Title 7 of the code

• Regulations Strength:
– Based on scientific evidence
– Prepared by experts
– Agreed
– Updated.
Necessary elements for its implementation:

2. Partners in tune

OIE: Meetings, Collaborating centers, Experts of the

Animal Welfare Work Team, capacities of veterinary
services, PVS,

Chile UE agreement: “.. greatest importance at

world level in matters of world trade and
sustainable development…. Implying animal
protection according to regulations of the World
Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)”
Chile….. Step by step implementation
2009 Publication of regulations of animal protection (law 20.380)
2010 Creation of SAG’s Sub department of Animal Welfare
2013 Animal Welfare Regulations:
– Decree 28: Slaugther
– Decree 29: Industrial Production in confinement
– Decreto 30: Transport

• These regulations are currently valid and in the process of implementation and
supervision by SAG.
OUR REALITY
• The main challenge has been to progress in the cultural
change implied by this task.
• Long distance transport (Chile is over 4.500 km long)
represents a big limitation.
• Different training realities within the areas

NUMBER OF DEGREE OF RESOURC

PRODUCERS INTEGRATION ES

POULTRY +´PORK

CATTLE + SHEEP

∑= the strategy must be DIFFERENT

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
SMALL PRODUCERS AND TRANSPORTERS

Dissemination/diffusion
• Investment in support material is always limited with
low coverage and impact.

Training/Ongoing training
• How to guarantee access for everybody?
• The economic aspect has been predominant at
the momento of defining the strategy.
Strategy
1. Course with State scholarship
2. SAG E-learning FREE

FORMACIÓN 3. SAG regional workshops

4. Tax-free course through SAG accredited

companies

(*)Certification/recertification test

SUPERVISION Progressively until 2018

DIFFUSION Permanently and improving

focussing (FMA)
Opportunities

• Improving the way of communicating regulations

and their scope

• Improving the way in which training is giving, making it

more accesible, with contents and language
adequate for the target population.
WHAT HAS THE EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE?
• Very POSITIVE ……. Trade unions, companies, universities and other
organisations participated actively.
• Some support requests go even beyond the scope of the law.
– The most important chain of cattle auction trains all its staff.
– The biggest pork company in Chile has experimented with
Environmental Enrichment
CHILE: Animal Welfare is part of the National Oficial Farm
Certification Process
 ANIMAL WELFARE CERTIFICATION …. A POINT OF
VIEW

• HEALTH

• ORIGIN

• FOOD SAFETY

WELFARE?
 COMENTARIOS FINALES
Final Comments
• OIE plays a key role for Animal Welfare to favor the development of comercial
interchange that includes AW as a requirement for certification.
•At the moment of implementing the regulation, it is important to develop tools to
favour transfer of knowledge, especially in the case of small producers.
•AW has real value in the sustainability of agricultural business and it will
become more common; that is why we, as OIE members, we must analyse the
way in which we make progress in providing the guarantees the world is
demanding.
 THANK YOU
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Miguel Peña; MV. MSc.

Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)
Av. Presidente Bulnes 140, Santiago, Ch
miguel.pena@sag.gob.cl